Brass Family
BRASS INSTRUMENT
• Brass instruments are also called labrosones or labrophones, from
Latin and Greek elements meaning 'lip' and 'sound'.
Brass Family
• Brass instruments are also called labrosones or labrophones, from
Latin and Greek elements meaning 'lip' and 'sound'.
• This family of instruments can play louder than any other in the
orchestra and can also be heard from far away.
• Brass instruments are essentially very long pipes that widen at their
ends into a bell-like shape. The pipes have been curved and twisted
into different shapes to make them easier to hold and play.
• Brass players use their breath to produce sound.
• You vibrate your own lips by buzzing them against a metal cup-shaped
mouthpiece.
BRASS INSTRUMENT
• Trumpet
• French Horn
• Trombone
• Tuba
Trumpet
• Old trumpet-like instruments played by ancient peoples were made of
conch-shell, animal horn, wood or metal.
• Smallest member of its family and plays the highest pitches with its
bright and vibrant sound.
• Modern trumpet is a slender brass pipe with three attached valves,
which is curved and bent into long loops.
• 2 to 4 trumpets in an orchestra and they play both melody and
harmony and also support the rhythm.
TRUMPET
Barroque Era Modern
1500 BC
Part of the Trumpet
French Horn
• Originally come from France and is unquestionably a horn.
• It comes from the French hunting horn of the 1600s, and
• Produces a wide variety of sound ranging from very loud to very soft,
and from harsh and blaring to mellow and smooth.
• from 2 to 8 French horns in an orchestra, and they play both melody
and harmony as well as rhythm.
Trombone
• The only instrument in the brass family that uses a slide instead of
valves to change pitch.
• A standard trombone is made of long thin brass pipes.
• Two U-shaped pipes are linked at opposite ends to form an "S." One
pipe slides into the other so the total length of the pipe can be
extended or shortened.
• If you stretch the trombone out straight, it is about 9 feet long.
• There are usually 3 trombones in the orchestra and they play pitches in
the same range as the cello and bassoon.
• The three trombones often play harmonies
Tuba
• The grandfather of the brass family
• The largest and lowest brass instrument
and anchors the harmony not only of the
brass family but the whole orchestra with its
deep rich sound.
• Tubas range in size from 9 to 18 feet.
• Standard tubas have about 16 feet of
tubing.
• generally only one tuba in an orchestra and
it usually plays harmony.
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